Property market
The five-year median is £292,500 from 1,889 recorded sales in IP6. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Mid Suffolk is £320,276 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.
IP6
UK postcode district
Part of Ipswich
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 915
- Current units
- 789
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 126
Postcode sectors in IP6
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
11,061 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 64, Steggall Close, Needham Market, Ipswich, IP6 8EB | 24 July 2026 | £213,000 |
| 48, Exeter Road, Claydon, Ipswich, IP6 0BP | 17 July 2026 | £340,000 |
| 62, Plummers Dell, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, IP6 0HW | 17 July 2026 | £307,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 7
- Primary
- 6
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 683
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 290
- Criminal damage and arson 65
- Anti social behaviour 62
- Burglary 61
- Other theft 54
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- IP6 usual residents
- 17,921
- Age-profile population
- 17,942
Age bands in IP6
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.4%
- 2,579 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.2%
- 1,647 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.5%
- 4,042 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.2%
- 5,236 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 24.7%
- 4,438 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 749 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 94.7%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 93.3%
- Gigabit-capable
- 93.3%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 620 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 360 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 16 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
NEEDHAM MARKET COUNTRY PRACTICE
BARKING ROAD, NEEDHAM MARKET, IPSWICH, IP6 8EZ
ODS code D83017
Evidence in context
Schools
7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
683 published events cover 12 months, averaging 57 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 290 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.